United States v. The Agioi Victores

227 F.2d 571 UNITED STATES of America, Appellant, v. The AGIOI VICTORES, her engines, tackle, apparel and furniture, N. J. Pateras Sons, Ltd., as owner of the Agioi Victores, N. J. Pateras Sons, Ltd., as general agents of the Victores Shipping Corporation of Liberia, Appellees. No. 13911. United States Court of Appeals Ninth Circuit. November 23, 1955. Warren E. Burger, Asst. Atty. Gen., Leavenworth Colby, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., J. Stewart Harrison, Atty., Dept. of Justice, San Francisco, Cal., Keith Ferguson, Sp. Asst. to Atty. Gen., C. E. Luckey, U. S. Atty., Portland, Or., for appellant. Wood, Matthiessen, Wood & Tatum, Erskine Wood, Lofton L. Tatum, Portland, Or., for appellees. Before MATHEWS and POPE, Circuit Judges, and BOLDT, District Judge. POPE, Circuit Judge. 1 In this admiralty case in rem, the United States sought to recover from the ship Agioi Victores damages sustained by its dredge Multnomah in a collision with the ship. N. J. Pateras Sons, Ltd., general agent and claimant of the Agioi Victores, which was owned by a corporation of Liberia, filed a cross-libel. An interlocutory decree was entered dismissing the libel of the United States and adjudging the…